#CDC63A#CDC63A

#CDC63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.537; OKLCH L 80.8% C 0.154 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC63A
RGB	rgb(205, 198, 58)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.4%, 71.7%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(78.27, -13.39, 66.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(78.27, 68.16, 101.33°)
OKLab	oklab(80.81% -0.0438 0.1478)
OKLCH	oklch(80.81% 0.154 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(46.1365, 53.6744, 11.9321)
Luminance	0.5367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC63A #3A41CD

analogous

#CD7D3A #CDC63A #8BCD3A

triadic

#CDC63A #3ACDC6 #C63ACD

tetradic

#CDC63A #3ACD7D #3A41CD #CD3A8B

square

#CDC63A #3ACD7D #3A41CD #CD3A8B

split-complementary

#CDC63A #3A8BCD #7D3ACD

monochromatic

#706C1C #A19B29 #CDC63A #D9D46B #E6E29C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.79

#CDC63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.73

#CDC63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC63A

11.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC63A	1.00	1.79	11.73	11.73
#FFFFFF	1.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D7BF21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#DAC444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DCB9AB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C2C2C2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 198, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.8% 0.154 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e0d77a',
    500: '#cdc63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc63a;
$custom-light: #e0d77a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 51.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80809,
    "c": 0.15412,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.53673
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC63A

secondary

#323579

accent

#4DE345

background

#FEFEFB

surface

#FCFBF2

border

#D5D4CC

text

#16140A

muted

#84837D

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC63A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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